Japan’s favorite curry rice restaurant chain also runs a bakery with more than just curry bread

Japan’s favorite curry rice restaurant chain also runs a bakery with more than just curry bread

Cocoichibanya’s bakery is hiding in plain sight in Shinjuku. Coco Ichibanya, also known as Cocoichi for short, is Japan’s most popular curry rice restaurant chain. But Cocoichi doesn’t just make curry rice, it also makes bread. That doesn’t mean that you can walk into any old Cocoichi restaurant and order bread from the menu, though. You’ll need to seek out a branch of its sister chain, Spice Up! Cocoichi Bakery. Previously, the only place to fi…